The super popular Twitter client, Blaq, is getting a gigantic update this week after a relatively quiet last few months. Jerome Carty of Kisai Labs has been working his tail off with this new update, and trust us when we say this, it’s well worth the wait. The latest update, v1.3, brings a ton of new features and some welcome changes to what many, myself included, consider the best Twitter client on the planet.

The big new feature is the addition of full Hub integration. Blaq will now appear in your Hub with its own icon in its own Hub subset. You can have your mentions, and DMs appear directly on there with fantastic push services. Of course, if you don’t want to have Blaq in your Hub, for some weird reason, the option will also be there to not include it. There are a ton of other changes that have been implemented, so check out the change log below, and go download it!

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New Features

Hub Integration – Blaq now *fully* integrates with BlackBerry Hub. Your mentions and direct messages from multiple accounts are now easier to access on BlackBerry 10.

Detailed Active Frame – In addition to seeing tweets, indicators for new tweets, mentions and direct messages are displayed so you know when to take action.

Lite Theme – For the first time in the history of Blaq, we’ve seen the light. Light theme, that is! Be sure to test this one out!

BlackBerry ID Synchronization – For those who like to format their devices for whatever reason, your settings and mutes are now backed up automatically!

Other notable additions

Tweet post status with progress bar for photo uploads

Change your profile banner directly within the app

Friend picker is now available within in the search

BBM Pins are now recognized in tweets and direct messages

Most requests are now compressed to save on data usage

The account limit has now been increased to 3. This restraint is due to a token limit imposed by Twitter on third party developers.

Labels have now been added to the left toolbar. Pull the timeline to the right to see them.